Category: Directx

Back in 2012, Intel made some big waves when their apparent demo of DirectX 11's capabilities was found to be nothing but a ruse. Instead of actually playing a racing game on their laptop, the developers showed off a video that had been rendered previously to show off the HD graphics that Ivy Bridge was able to provide.

As Microsoft prepares the world for the release of DirectX 12, there's one elephant in the room that must be addressed. That's the fact that DirectX 11 excitement ran out of steam a long time ago. In surveys that date back to 2011, developers were less than excited about using this platform.

One of the best tools to evaluate the virtues of a graphics engine is the Heaven Benchmark. It's based on the Unigine engine and uses many of the comprehensive graphics techniques that high level tools like DirectX 11 are supposed to be able to use.

Do you want DirectX because of its ability to provide better, more realistic graphics? Are you wanting to download and install it today? If you're reading this on a Windows PC, then there's a pretty good chance that you have this software program installed by default.

Take fun on your computer with this update to the multimedia system services for your computer with Windows(r). Microsoft DirectX(r) 8.1 delivers fast performance for DirectX-enabled games and other rich media software. It also provides support for the latest generation of 3-D graphics acceleration hardware. Soft Name: DX81NTeng.exe Size: 7.6MB Language: English Date Published: 11/8/2001 … Continue reading "DirectX 8.1 Runtime Download"

If you want to update 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX, you should download DirectX End-User Runtime — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on your computer. Generally, the terminal installation not only contains the latest but also the previous released DirectX runtime. For example, this may include the bi-monthly D3DX, … Continue reading "DirectX End-User Runtime Download"

Directx 11 runs on the Windows Vista and Windows 7, as well as future Windows operating systems. As many of the newest Windows games will make best use of this technology to create more immersive and detailed worlds and experiences. Game developers will make use of new features to create rich worlds, realistic characters, and … Continue reading "DirectX 11 Features"